Brandon Scheer Email & Phone Number

Arlington, Va, Us

• Non-linear explicit and implicit structural FEM modeling• Buckling analysis of composite structures• Impact analysis, Advanced Langragian-Eulerian hail modeling• Material test data processing• Heat transfer modelingUniversity of Washington Civil and Environmental Engineering Engagement Core Team Member

Sedro-Woolley, Washington, Us

• Optimizing bond process for customer research and development project, using quantitative and qualitative test results to inform design selection and rationale• Execution of small-scale manufacturing processes to gather data that will inform both customer and project engineer of material behavior.• Use of NX and Simcenter Femap softwares to design structurally optimized carbon-reinforced elastomer for customer tooling components• Stress analysis of panel lifter and large-scale composite test parts during manufacturing and transit to provide suggestions for modifications to pre-existing manufacturing harware• Working on floor with fabrication crews in small-scale processes to document and streamline manufacturing processes

Seattle, Wa, Us

• Manufactured fiberglass nose cones for competing sounding rockets annually, one of which took first place overall of 122+ teams in the 2019 Intercollegiate Rocketry and Engineering Competition despite reduced funding for the structures team• Used Solidworks, ANSYS FEA, and OpenRocket software programs to analyze a variety of nosecone geometries and design them such that they are within tolerable margins of safety• Composed PDR and CDR reports and presented said reports to colleagues as well as esteemed faculty in the William E. Boeing Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics who responded with validation of the selected design and manufacturing procedures• Developed and executed contingency plans that entailed research and development projects in the event of campus shop closure that resulted directly from the COVID-19 pandemic, being sure to accommodate team members who may have been affected by the pandemic while maintaining the competitive interests of club

Seattle, Wa, Us

• Optimize nose cone lengths and geometries using OpenRocket• Perform structural analyses using ANSYS (FEA)• Produce preliminary and critical design reports using LaTeX• Design nose cone molds using SOLIDWORKS• Fabricate nose cone molds using 3- & 4-axis mills• Fabricate nose cone using composite materials and methods

Collected detailed before and after data on deliveries. Recorded times and location of parking events, descriptions of goods, and other observations about loading / unloading behavior.

Perform entry-level leadership duties to assist HFS management in serving customers and coordinating student staff.

Seattle, Washington, Us

• Design foam core airfoils using composite methods• Manufacture airfoils using composite manufacturing methods•Failure analysis of airfoils according to wing skin material system and manufacturing method